Haywood hospital to test blood in DWI cases

3:21 PM,
Nov. 14, 2013

Haywood Regional Medical Center

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Testing for blood alcohol levels could begin as early as next week at Haywood Regional Medical Center, making the hospital likely the first in the state to do the work under a new law.

The law, which was passed last year and set aside $500,000 to test the blood of those suspected of drunken driving, is aimed at ending the backlog of blood tests at the State Bureau of Investigation crime lab.

The money will be administered by the state Conference of District Attorneys. Tests cost about $40 a piece. ...